Wrestling

O’Boyle leads five placewinners

GRANTHAM, Pa. – Mike O'Boyle (North Reading, Mass./North Reading) finished second at 125 to lead a quintet of top-six finishes for McDaniel at the 2011 Petrofes Invitational hosted by Messiah on Friday and Saturday.

The Green Terror compiled a total of 89 points to finish sixth at the 12-team tournament. Cortland won the team title with 165.5 points.

O'Boyle added a second pin, downing Wilkes' Lucas Dise in 1:25 before advancing to the semifinals with a 5-4 sudden-victory win over the No. 3 seed, Chris Donaldson (Ursinus).

O'Boyle notched a third pin, taking down Stephen Hinton (Lycoming) in 5:57 before falling to top-seeded Nigel McNeil (Cortland) by fall in 1:51.

Tancredi (133) opened his weekend with a 4-3 win over the Gettysburg's Matt Spano, seeded fifth, before notching wins of 7-3 and 5-3 to advance to the semifinals, where he fell 4-1 to top-seeded Riki Reynolds (Mt. Union).

Tancredi recorded a pair of one-point wins in the consolation bracket to place third. He defeated No. 6 Alex Blank (Ursinus) 8-7 and No. 2 Kaleb Loht (Messiah), 2-1.

Lowe, seeded second at 157, opened his weekened with a 5-0 win over Corland's Brian Vutianitis. He downed Andrew Corbett (Ursinus) by technical fall 16-1 in the second period before defeating Devin Anderson (Messiah), 11-6. He dropped a 12-10 sudden-victory decision in the semifinals before winning a pair of terminated matches in the consolation bracket to finish third.

Camlin, seeded fourth at heavyweight, notched a fall in 4:00 and a 7-2 decision win over Springfield's John Gabordi. In the semifinals, he fell to top-seeded and eventual champion Derick Hesson (Mt. Union), 5-4.

Yox notched a 6-3 decision win and fall in 6:23 in the championship bracket before falling to the consolation bracket 11-3 to top-seeded and eventual champion Anthony Dattolo (Wilkes).

In the consolation bracket, he won 5-3 in sudden victory and was awarded a medical forfeit. In the consolation semifinals, he fell 6-2 to Mt. Union's Kevin Shadrach. Eric Hamrick (Springfield) pinned Yox in 3:40 in the fifth-place bout.

Drew Brehm (Hanover, Pa./New Oxford) opened his weekend with pins in 2:01 and 1:16 before dropping two straight matches at 125.

Mason Goretsas (Hampstead, Md./North Carroll) notched a pair of one-point wins to open his weekend before dropping two straight matches at 149.

The Green Terror returns to action at the North/South Duals hosted by Ursinus on Jan. 7.